Gregory's Server
So I've started a little project that I'm using for friends and family.
The goal is to create a "chromebook like" unbreakable computer to give to basic users who know nothing about Linux and won't need to ever worry about updates / upgrades.
Thoughts and feedback appreciated
@codemonkeymike
At first I thought "why not tails?" then realized you mean something else by unbreakable 😅
If I understand, you are taking on the job of being NixOS admin for these people (that's the purpose of pulling the git repo?). That is a lot of trust to put in you! Possibly okay for family, but I would never ever recommend or expect that kind of trust from a friend, much less a stranger.
@codemonkeymike I like this idea. It has a lot in common with what Universal Blue/Bluefin are trying to achieve, except one is image based and one is Nix based. They both have a lot of merit I think.
The challenge they both have on Chromebooks is disk space unfortunately. I think Nix might have the upper hand there but not by a huge amount. I don’t know how we truly solve it.
@codemonkeymike This is cool. I recommend using flakes, because they allow you to freeze the nixos channel to an exact version. If you do this, you can test the configuration in github actions and if it builds - it will most likely build fine for the users.